Writer/director Greg Kwedar takes a very specific look at border control along the Arizona border. The focal point of Transpecos centers around three US Border Patrol agents who find themselves in manipulated circumstances. Exploring subject matter that has dominated the presidential race, Transpecos covers so many points of view within these three characters. Kwedar’s script […]
This nWave animated production comes from Belgium, but the language for U.S. release is in English. Directors are Vincent Kesteloot and Ben Stassen. It’s basically an extended cartoon, with endless chases and miraculous last-minute saves. There are some implied messages, but these will likely go over preschool children’s heads, the audience for which I think
Ah…Werner Herzog is one of my favorite filmmakers. Take this film, for instance, in which he mixes up technical jargon, scientific wonder, and humanitarian reflections while slyly slipping in bits of humor, such as—well, I won’t give it away, but when you hear an Elvis Presley song, you’ll likely agree with me. Lo and Behold
Poor Louis (Skodje). He is accident-prone even from birth, and escapes one close call after another—which he can chronicle in complete detail—then it looks like death finally holds him in its grasp after he falls off a cliff into the ocean. Louis’ mother Natalie (Gadon) is an attractive blonde who is attentive and caring, and
An epic novel, Western Australia, a lighthouse, and Oscar winner Alicia Vikander (“The Danish Girl”) seemed like the perfect recipe (at least for me) for one of the best films of the year. When the emotionally riveting trailer for “The Light Between Oceans” debuted in spring, it seemed director Derek Cianfrance might have another Oscar
They don’t make them like this anymore. Terrence Davis like Anthony Minghella, Terrence Malik or Martin Scorsese, has a flare for the epic, the bold, the understanding of time and space. Davis’ adaptations are typically period and explore the hardships of a particular era as much as the characters within. This time he sets his
It’s a good time to be a Rachel Weisz fan. Just this week she has not one, but two films opening. It’s been a while since the Oscar winning actress had been the lead of a film, but Ms. Daniel Craig is certainly overdue and talented enough to hold a film together. Joshua Marston is
“If we do this right, we never have to do it again,” famous last words uttered in too many thrillers. Don’t Breathe is the latest pocket thriller that thinks outside the box to chill the audience. It’s concept of having young thieves break into a strong powered, blind man’s house in an abandon Detroit neighborhood
Venezuelan actor Edgar Ramirez first caught my attending with his commanding performance in “The Liberator” (2013). Since then he has quickly become a Hollywood commodity, starring alongside Jennifer Lawrence and Robert DeNiro in “Joy” last year, action flick “Point Break”, even dabbling in horror with “Deliver Us From Evil”. With his second-high profile leading role
Oliver Stone’s W. was lambasted on all sides when it hit theaters just before George W. Bush left office. First time feature film director Richard Tanne uses the same time frame to present a film about the Obama’s during their last months in office. Southside With You however is a love story, taking place specifically